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MAKERSCORE
An explanation of what it is and how it is accumulated
kentona- 03/23/2011 03:28 PM
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Makerscore is a quantitative representation of your contributions to the site. Certain contributions net you a certain amount of makerscore, for example, a tutorial will get you
As you garner more makerscore, the space in your personal locker grows (at roughly the rate of 40kb per point of makerscore).
Makerscore is recalculated in an overnight batch job (so when you don't see immediate changes in your makerscore, go to bed! Everything will be better in the morning).
| SUBMISSION | MAKERSCORE |
| Article | 30 |
| Tutorial | 30 |
| Script | 30 |
| Utility | 30 |
| Review | 50 |
| Game Media | 15 |
| Game Image | 1 |
| Game Blog Entry | 4 |
| Game Page | 2 |
| Game Download | 15 |
| GAME + RATING | MAKERSCORE |
| Unrated game | 10 |
| 0.5 star game | 25 |
| 1.0 star game | 50 |
| 1.5 star game | 75 |
| 2.0 star game | 110 |
| 2.5 star game | 160 |
| 3.0 star game | 220 |
| 3.5 star game | 280 |
| 4.0 star game | 340 |
| 4.5 star game | 400 |
| 5.0 star game | 500 |
| COMPLETED GAME* | MAKERSCORE |
| Unrated game | 15 |
| 0.5 star game | 37 |
| 1.0 star game | 75 |
| 1.5 star game | 112 |
| 2.0 star game | 165 |
| 2.5 star game | 240 |
| 3.0 star game | 330 |
| 3.5 star game | 420 |
| 4.0 star game | 510 |
| 4.5 star game | 600 |
| 5.0 star game | 750 |
| ACHIEVEMENTS | MAKERSCORE |
| Event contest entry | Varies |
| Event contest winner | Varies |
| Had a game featured | 75 |
*A completed game receives a 50% bonus in makerscore.
**A user marked as 'Tester' or 'Other' on a gameprofile will receive 25% of that gameprofile's makerscore value.
Contribute lots!
*updated to reflect new RMN4 scoring
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Closeauthor=Shinangameprofiles with translucent sections automatically are worth something, I guess.author=calunioLooks like nothing to me.
How is this close to nothing?
Also, for clarification, you can make as many gamepages as you like. You can only have 6 showing on the gameprofile tab list at a time, but you can still link to any of them via URL tags.
Also, I don't like the idea of blogs and gamepages as valueless. (I don't even like the idea of images being valueless). I believe that if people are willing to invest in their gameprofiles it should be rewarded. I will take this all into consideration when I bring this up with the rest of the staff. (we might not even change anything - I mean, hey, its working pretty good now, and does give a pretty decent reflection into the relative contributions to the site).
EDIT: and wow a ton of posts popped up while I dallied.
Shinan
4314
author=LockeZWait a minute I get points for those too? Well well well. Time to throw out some useless tabs!
Shinan: Yes, it is. If you edit your game, go to the Pages section, and click on the Add Page button, that creates a game page.
EDIT: MUAHAHAHA invisible game pages for free points! I'll never have to write a This Week in Blogs again.
Ben_Random
1019
I NEED that font!
By the way, the only reason Kentona made this is because he wanted 30 more makerscore! :)
By the way, the only reason Kentona made this is because he wanted 30 more makerscore! :)
author=ShinanOH NO! Someone figured this out.author=LockeZWait a minute I get points for those too? Well well well. Time to throw out some useless tabs!
Shinan: Yes, it is. If you edit your game, go to the Pages section, and click on the Add Page button, that creates a game page.
EDIT: MUAHAHAHA invisible game pages for free points! I'll never have to write a This Week in Blogs again.
RMN is doomed.
author=Ben_Random
I NEED that font!
By the way, the only reason Kentona made this is because he wanted 30 more makerscore! :)
http://www.dafont.com/vomzom.font
Also, I do EVERYTHING for the makerscore.
Makerscore... the thing we live for, the thing we breath for (virtually), the thing that makes people stop sitting on their a** doing nothing.
I thank you for this article.
Keep submitting lots!
I thank you for this article.
Keep submitting lots!
Honestly, I don't know why people care that much about makerscore. It's nice to see it getting bigger cause it means you're doing something, but having makerscore as a target is just weird.
eplipswich
2728
author=calunio
Honestly, I don't know why people care that much about makerscore. It's nice to see it getting bigger cause it means you're doing something, but having makerscore as a target is just weird.
Sense of self-achievement, basically. Numbers are that accurate and powerful.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
Instead of displaying makerscore, you should totally use the default XP curves from RPG Maker 2000 to determine each user's "level", and display that instead.
author=LockeZ
Instead of displaying makerscore, you should totally use the default XP curves from RPG Maker 2000 to determine each user's "level", and display that instead.
Now that LockeZ has said that... The idea of an RPG Maker forum that has a user scoring system but not levels seems like some kind of horrific oversight.
TheNecromancer
3160
but...
author=Link_2112
If you have a 5 star game and someone adds a shitty review and drops it to 2 stars, do you lose makerscore?
Darken
3912
So it deletes stuff from your locker if you lose enough maker score? How does that work exactly... if so?
author=DarkenNo, nothing is deleted. You just can't add anything new if you are over your limit.
So it deletes stuff from your locker if you lose enough maker score? How does that work exactly... if so?
author=BurningTygerThat would be an unrated game. it's worth 2.
Hm, you don't have gameprofile listed there! Shouldn't' that create score too?
